9/19/16 - Monday @Mentions
Happy Monday WSO!
Upcoming webinar rewinds on the WSO Frontpage (replays of old webinars you may have missed, free for 24 hours):
Hedge Fund Case: Commodity Investing, 9/23/2016
Posts of the Week:
What I Wish Every First Year Analyst Knew by @Gotham's Reckoning". 55 SB's.
Do You Work Sick? by @Fear The Bulge". 12 SB's.
Two Internships Don’t Equal a Job: My journey from an NGO to a VC by @Isaac-Gross". 8 SB's.
Kotler's Four Migrations by @Eddie Braverman". 6 SB's.
Discussion Topics of the Week:
UChicago is now Number 3 on USNWR by @yungmetro". 28 comments.
8 Year Anniversary by @DickFuld". 23 comments.
BB vs EB in London by @jameskirk1122". 23 comments.
"Run me through a recent M&A deal we advised on" by @Grylls". 20 comments.
Do Bankers love hungry non-target students? by @TheAvidInvestor". 19 comments.
Q&As of the Week:
HF PM Q&A by @Martinghoul". 19 SB's.
Q&A Big 4 Audit to Boutique M&A Shop by @rp-53". 4 SB's.
Comment of the Week:
This comment by @sophtrading123" in the post "Why does nobody talk about HSBC?".
HSBC is active in Central America. Their biggest deal last year was for the Sinaloa cartel done by their ECM group. Compensation is either plata o plomo, and hours are very long. There are great exit opportunities into the Medellin Cartel and the Cali Cartel, which are great Healthcare shops.
Success Story of the Week:
From weighing 280 pounds and a 2.5 GPA at a Non-Target, to 200 pounds and an Interview with McKinsey by @consultant120". 3 SB's.
Most Active Monkeys in the past 30 days:
1. @thebrofessor" 566, 2. @Martinghoul" 451, and 3. @BatemanBatemanBateman" with 366.
See where you rank here.
New WSO Certified Users:
I wanted to take the space here to thank and congratulate the new Certified Users from the past week. Welcome to the club. Some of these are new members, but all have confirmed that they work in the indicated industry at the level selected on their profile. All Certified Users have a yellow star next to their usernames when posting in the forums, so you all know which sources you can trust the most. As WSO Certified Users, they get 3 months free to the WSO Job Board ($45 Value). Without further ado:
Investment Banking
@rabbit” - Generalist - 1st Year Associate
Asset Management
@ewaniek7” - Management - Fixed Income - Assistant Portfolio Manager
Equity Research
@Rags To Hermes” - 1st Year Analyst
Real Estate
@D M” - Commercial - 1st Year Associate
@ecander14” - Commercial - 1st Year Associate
@Stoo” - Commercial - 1st Year Analyst
Are you a working professional and you're interested in joining the WSO Certified User club? E-mail [email protected] and [email protected] your username and send a link to your LinkedIn profile.
